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the World Of Hospitality
Aqua flow
Suprion Scale Inhibitors -
Hard Water Issues
Hard water scale deposition will result in potentially
expensive and equally important, inconvenient
essential maintenance, premature equipment
replacement or even a health hazard by creating the
areas and nutrients for bacteria to accumulate.
Traditional Salt based ion-exchange water softening
or some of the more recent innovative media
processes are the only guaranteed protection, since
comprehensive treatment can be provided at “point of
entry”. However, all require space, capital investment,
after sales service and management. There may also
be logistical and/or practical issues incorporating
untreated bypasses for potable applications in
commercial situations, albeit essential in conjunction
with Laundry/Dish/Glasswashing Machines and/
or steam generating or other comparable total
evaporation processes.
Selection from alternative wide ranging devices now
available can be confusing from over enthusiastic sales
claims, inappropriate applications or simply inferior
technology and some are seriously expensive with
micro processors, programming, commissioning and
potential BMS options.
In the absence of any empirical evidence or
definitive conclusions published by independent
recognised bodies, British Gas conducted their own
investigative product comparison evaluations several
years ago, subsequently endorsed performance of the
SUPRION and now installed over 70,000 units for
protection of water heating appliances.
REFRIGERATOR and been/being fitted in a major
high street restaurants throughout the UK during the
last 25 years as a economic, practical and effective
solution of inhibiting hard water scale related issues in
Ice-Makers.
These would be the more obvious applications, but
ICE-MAKERS and/or REFRIGERATED WATER
DISPENSERS have proved extremely successful
beneficiaries since the internal areas provide an ideal
environment for bacteria if not regularly maintained,
de-scaled or appropriate treatment included to
the feed water supply; artificially softened water
should not be used due to the increased sodium
concentration and not therefore compliant with
PCV’s {prescribed concentration values).
Standard carbon filters will only remove dirt, rust,
sediment taste/odour and replacement food grade
resin based systems can prove very expensive to
maintain a calcium free supply, especially in respect of
single feed “self flushing” machines.
Following a trial on several banqueting Ice-
Makers at The London Hilton back in 1990, the
SUPRION was subsequently adopted by FOSTER
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